On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 12:48:58PM +0200, Martin Godisch wrote: > > > + Otherwise, the init script should print an error message and return > > > + one of the following non-zero exit status codes. > > > > Rationale for the whole elaborate list, > > Following closely the wording of the LSB, as the rest of that policy > chapter already does.
Actually it's the other way around really :) Does LSB have a rationale for its list? > > and in particular rationale why it > > would be a bug if they weren't honored exactly to the spec? > > What do you consider not honoring the spec in that case? exit 1 is still > present and wouldn't be a bug. That begs the question, why proclaim it if it's not going to be used? > > > * What is log_failure_msg? Does this make sense on a Debian system? > > > Replace it or skip it? > > I let it there so it can be replaced with some Debian equivalent, which > I'm not aware of. Since you are neither, it's probably a good idea to > remove it. Maybe you should look into it and find out what it means? Sounds like an abstraction for syslog logging. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.